HIST 151 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Last Lecture I Fire II What Caused the Deaths Outline of Current Lecture I Race in America Civil War to WWI a Current Lecture I Race in America a End of 19th century becoming most diverse country up until that point b Race attaching meaning to biology and culture c Social consequences d Different societies different decisions e The Brazilian Magistrate and other stories from the Americas i Ignacio Martinez 1880s 1 In Mexico considered white 2 Considered white everywhere except US 3 Cultural interpretation of physical appearance ii Henry Caster 1864 1 Hired a local guide 2 Went to a village town a Market cultural center 3 Met a magistrate a Amazing b Had library fine wine spoke several different languages 4 Wined and dined 5 Magistrate appears to be black African features a He used to be black but now he s a magistrate b Different societies define race differently 6 Take for granted social mobility a If work hard can improve lot in life b Social standing doesn t inhere based on individual c American dream 7 Racial and social status interlocked These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute a If black and doctor if white and lower acceptable iii Reporter in Haiti 1 5 people black 2 How do you define black Ancestors 3 That s how they defined white f Between the Civil War and WWI American society reinvented race i Took a lot of cultural decisions and changed a lot of them 1 Invented new institutions new social meanings a KKK NAACP 2 First voting restrictions segregated rail cars 3 First civil rights lawsuits 4 English speaking race a Differentiate from immigrants 5 African American 6 Inventing new ways of thinking institutions II Jim Crow a Segregate and separate i System to separate black from white ii It was law all the way up to the Supreme Court iii 1890s 1 30 years after the Emancipation Proclamation Civil War Abraham Lincoln III Alternative Visions a Before Civil War i Slavery had a lot of sins ii Was not segregated 1 Children played together worshipped together worked together iii Slavery answered all of race questions 1 Who was in which racial social categories 2 Who s rights were who s 3 All questions up for grabs after Emancipation Proclamation iv Freed slaves 1 Wandered around the South 2 Seeking to reunite families 3 Most fundamental thing they could do 4 Voted in large numbers a Black mayors city officials legislators 5 Exercised political rights a Participant in shaping American society 6 White Republicans would unite v Redeemers 1 Redeem reclaim white southern political control from black and N Republican political control 2 Colonialism a Other people controlling our lives from outside 3 The negro must be taught 4 Adept at manipulating horrors of reconstruction 5 When in power a lot like Jim Crow laws 6 Aren t in power all that much 7 Patchwork not always enforced short lived legislation 8 Precursor of Jim Crow vi Conservative Democrats 1 Paternalism 2 Blacks inferior 3 Among most wealthy and influential southerners 4 Economically at the top 5 Obligation for whites to take care of blacks 6 Cared for like children 7 Extends premise of black inferiority a Also extends privileges and care vii Populists 1 Agrarian social protest movement 2 Variety of racial visions 3 Almost egalitarian 4 Tom Watson GA senator 5 Racism is keystones in arch of financial despotism that enslaves us both 6 Recognition that poor rural Southerners have common set of obstacles a Credit high railroad rate high interest rates b By facing common enemy all in same boat 7 Some exceptions vision doesn t come to pass 8 Watson gathered populist farmers a Protect black Populist farmer from being lynched 9 Doesn t prevail a White Southerners adept at persuading casting lot with their racial group and leave economic group b Whites want to stick together 10 Bottom feeders could be turned into enemies 11 Reason some white Southerners dropping off ladder a Make sure there s someone underneath you i Psychologically unsettling to be on the bottom rung of society b Redeemers win out Rise of Jim Crow